In the last few days there has been a lot of discussion about the dangers and the safety of drag racing, it's fans, it's media, etc. Well the simple fact of the matter is that this is a dangerous sport and a dangerous profession...PERIOD.
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Well to say that it was an interesting weekend full of surprises, amazing performances and terrible weather would be an understatement.
You would think that the second stop for both the NMRA and NMCA this season would provide us with comfortable weather given the fact that we were in Georgia in April. Well, unfortunately that wasn’t the case and the weather played a big role in how this race proceeded.
Read MoreIt has been hard to focus after the accident with Ronnie Davis and Ian Tocher. I've thinking about the stories with each of them and trying to put into words the huge impact they have both made in racing.
How do you measure each of their successes?
Read MoreWhile I sit here and watch the race season start to ramp up and some of the other sports either wind down for the year or just get started, I thought to myself why domination in any sport or in life is a good thing.
Read More3.54 @ 231 Yes. Before all of you get on the "but it's testing bandwagon" it's still a pretty big deal either way. The fact of the matter is that Kevin has eclipsed a Mark that only Carl Stevens had previously reached.
Read MoreWhen you are the X275 record holder and time after time you have the car to beat, what else should you do? Well if you are Jared Johnston you decide that your car is going to go compete in the only all Ford series in the U.S.
Read MoreThose outside of NHRA & Radial Racing might not know who Val Clements is, but you might recognize the last name. That is because Val is the younger sister of long time race Alton Clements.
Read MoreYes, I know it's only Tuesday but I wanted to touch upon the amazing race weekend coming up. This weekend we have two major events in the south happening. First off is the NMRA/NMCA clash at Commerce, GA and also what should be a huge race in Rockingham, NC when the PDRA invades the Rock.
Read MoreThat's right...Dyno Dominic Blasco.
Memphis International Raceway (MIR) is pleased to announce and welcome Dominic Blasco as the new Director of Operations. Mr. Blasco will be responsible for all drag strip racing operations effective immediately.
Read MoreWell we have completed yet another wonderful weekend of racing, and yet even more records have fallen. Including the biggest record on radial tires....multiple times. This weekend at Tulsa was a pretty amazing event.
Read MoreWell now that I am certain to have your attention, let's take about the real state of drag racing. Lets talk about the bland BS that is drag racing on not only on a Professional level at the NHRA but as well as the sportsman level. You may ask, how I dare state that Grudge is King, and in just a minute I'm gonna tell you something that is going to hurt the feelings of many.
Read MoreThat is the question that a lot of NMRA racers that run this class have been asking themselves in 2016. Coyote Stock is the largest of the heads up classes in NMRA, and there is a reason for that. If solutions aren't found soon though, we may be talking about how great Coyote Stock used to be.
Read MoreThere is no one in the sport of drag racing that for one minute thinks that heads up racing is easy or cheap. If that were the case then everyone would be doing it. But what happens when you as a team have one of the quickest & fastest Radial cars in the world, along with a top notch NHRA Pro Mod car?
Read MoreDan Stevenson, longtime Promod racer from Illinois had a terrible fire at the NHRA Gator Nationals just a week and a half ago. The fire was so bad that it appears to have destroyed the car as well. For anyone that doesn't know, the NHRA RPM-Real Pro Mod Association runs 10 events a season, with the Gator Nationals being the first race of the year.
Read MoreLast weekend in Denton, driving the Team Alepa C7 Corvette, Rod Valden broke the world record on a drag radial tire.
The previous record had been held by the Bad9er crew out of Texas. The same event Kyle Huettel actually broke the record and ran a blistering 3.870. He broke the record previously held by teammate and friend Jason Michalak. Kyle was actually driving Jason's car for this event as he did the previous event in Memphis only a week prior.
Read MoreWith great sadness, NHRA reported today that Mark Lyle, NHRA’s Chief Starter, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, March 27. On behalf of NHRA and the entire drag racing community, we offer our condolences to all of Lyle’s family and friends.
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